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Summary: A good buy!
Review: All in all I have purchased 7 units (one for myself, others for friends & family) and every one is happy w/it. I have mine over 4 months now, on average it played ~1.5 hr of VCD daily, never had any problems. Mine has no problem playing MP3, VCDs, SVCDs (in both PAL & NTSC format); I don't use it to play DVD much for I have a different unit hooked to a home system.I wonder if APEX has a poor quality control and thus there are the complaints from the others! I'll order 4 more units for my friends (as they don't have Internet access).
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Summary: WAS GREAT WHILE IT LASTED, 2 WEEKS!!
Review: USED THE MACHINE WONDERFULLY FOR 2 WEEKS, AND THEN IT DEVELOPED A TERRIBLE SMELL FOR A DAY AND THEN WAS DOA THE NEXT MORNING. I WAS USING THIS AT A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SO IT WAS A REAL BUMMER WHEN IT QUIT. I WILL SAY THAT I RECEIVED AN ABSOLUTELY NO HASSLE REFUND, BUT I THINK I AM GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM APEX.
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Summary: I would pass on this deal, if I had it to do over....
Review: Bought this DVD player 6/1, received 6/9, installed 6/15 (Father's Day present, along with the Clint Eastwood DVD Collection). Anyway, during the last few DVD's we've tried to watch, the machine has skipped screens, and reset itself to the beginning of the DVD numerous times throughout the show. Called Apex CS - was on hold for 43 minutes before reaching a person. Gave my info, was told "good thing you called when you did, the 90 day warranty is almost up". Got my RA# and will be returning this unit tomorrow for repair. Guess my advice is, if you want a good, cheap DVD player that will last you 2-1/2 months, this is your lucky day! Also note that Apex does not pay shipping costs for returns. Also note that estimated turnaround for the repair is 5-6 weeks.
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Summary: Great features but...
Review: The APEX 2500 for the price comes with a number features including DVD/MP3/Kodak CD/WMA. Not listed is it VCD compabilities which is a nice bonus. The picture for dvd play is good, but not great. The one real down point of this player is it is LOUD. A light humming noise comes from the player with a cd/dvd spins up. It isn't bad if you are on the sofa and the dvd player is on the TV, but if you are close to the player you do hear it. In all for the price and features, you can't really lose.
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Summary: No PAL support!!!
Review: I notice in the tech specs and the picture of the remote control that this one doesnt support PAL like the previous models. I hate it when a company like APEX also starts to make DVD players which limit cross-compatibility for somebody like me(who buys videos around the world. PAL and NTSC). I verified on the APEX website and saw that the AD-2500 that they have on their website supports both PAL and NTSC. The one on amazon doesnt!!
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Summary: Major Disk Wobble And Sound cuts in and out
Review: I was very disappointed with this product. This player has major cd wobble(this makes a very loud annoying hum. I have to eject and reseat the dvd untill it has a smooth seat, sometimes up to ten times). The audio skips in and out(on and off). So, as your watching it randomly cuts out audio. This is not at the same places on the same cd, it is random you can rewind it and then audio will be there but will skip out in another spot. These problems do not have anything to do with the dvd. it does it on every one, even brand new ones.
Although it does play many formats, which is a plus, this is not a quality product. Beware!!
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Summary: Why spend more on SONY or PANASONIC get APEX ad-2500
Review: Searched for a name brand dvd w/progressive scan and afew more extra's such as playing PAL and being region code free! Not SONY, not PANASONIC, not RCA, not PHILLIPS, not SAMSUNG and only one JVC model[]did what the apex does so well! ITS PLAYS EVERYTHING FROM EVERYWHERE and PROGRESSIVE SCAN []wake up name brand makers! Apex lover for life!
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Summary: Take a chance
Review: It is definitely a beautiful player. I only played VCD on it and it was working wonderfully. The first item shipped to me could not open the tray and I returned to get a replacement. Apex has a reputation of quality issues but I am taking my chance here. The power-off state has a red light on it and it is kind of annoying. It was also a little loud playing some disc. I also hooked up Y Pr Pb and try progressive scan on a DVD and it gave me a narrow small letter box with poor picture quality. I hope it is just because the DVD and will try a couple more today.
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Summary: Terrible machine
Review: We ordered the first APEX AD-2500 and after two weeks it broke down (would not respond to the remote control). Amazon replaced it free of charge, but then 4 months later the new player broke as well (would not show the picture, though the sound continues coming). Very sad and a lot of hassle. I guess we get what we pay for, regardless of how many stars the product has :-)
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Summary: Awesome little machine
Review: All I can say is this machine is great. Buy it; you will love it. At this price, you have very little downside. I found the sound and picture to be great, and the operations were very simple. I bought this player because of the recommendations I read on this site; they were right on the money.
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